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All of my stems are made in volcanite and sometimes in lucite or horn. | All of my stems are made in volcanite and sometimes in lucite or horn. | ||
I tend to realize smooth and polished pieces, but anyway, during the work, some minor impefection may arise on the wood surface: in that case I will rusticate or sandblast. | I tend to realize smooth and polished pieces, but anyway, during the work, some minor impefection may arise on the wood surface: in that case I will rusticate or sandblast. | ||
- GIAN MARIA GAMBONI - | |||
gmgpipes@yahoo.es | |||
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HANDMADE PIPES
I was born in Florence, Italy but usually I live between Rome, Milan and the west coast of Sardinia. I currently work as network engineer in Switzerland. Pipes are my passion, about fifteen years ago, when I began to collect smoking pipes, I would have never thought that one day I would build my own pipes the curiosity brought me to make the first one. It was a surprize for me when that same day a friend of mine took that brand new pipe for himself. Then I made a second one, and so on. Now I build about ten pipes per month. Each pipe is unique in shape, dimensions and color, crafted by hand from the aged bare briar block, coming from Calabria or Tuscany, that I personally select in the place. All of my stems are made in volcanite and sometimes in lucite or horn. I tend to realize smooth and polished pieces, but anyway, during the work, some minor impefection may arise on the wood surface: in that case I will rusticate or sandblast.
- GIAN MARIA GAMBONI - gmgpipes@yahoo.es